Urban flooding is most notable for flooded streets and flooded basements, especially due to storm sewer backups. This type of flooding occurs in all of the counties in Illinois and usually happens in older sections of town where the infrastructure is old and also in subdivisions that were built in the 1950's and 1960's.

If you were to draw lines pointing in from Champaign, Springfield, Indianapolis and Effigham, they'd meet in Tuscola. The town's population of less than 5,000 may well double on weekends, when shoppers from all over central Illinois flock to its outlet mall. But Amanda Vinicky found some "bite-sized art" in one little shop, and she says it's worth the drive.

University of Illinois Chief Financial Officer Walter Knorr said the state budget stalemate has brought grant-funded research to a halt, and making it hard to plan a salary program for the fiscal year.